Note 3 – Recent Developments, Liquidity and Management’s Plans

Acquisition of Cystron

On March 23, 2020, the Company acquired Cystron pursuant to the MIPA. Cystron was incorporated on March 10, 2020. Upon the Company’s purchase of Cystron, Cystron’s sole asset consisted of an exclusive license with respect to Premas’ vaccine platform for the development of a vaccine against COVID-19 and other coronavirus infections. Since its formation and through the date of its acquisition by the Company, Cystron did not have any employees. The acquisition of Cystron was accounted for as the purchase of an asset.

As consideration for the Membership Interests, the Company delivered to the Sellers: (1) that number of newly issued shares of its common stock equal to 19.9% of the issued and outstanding shares of its common stock and pre-funded warrants as of the date of the MIPA, but, to the extent that the issuance of its common stock would have resulted in any Seller owning in excess of 4.9% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, then, at such Seller’s election, such Seller received “common stock equivalent” preferred shares with a customary 4.9% blocker (with such common stock and preferred stock collectively referred to as “Common Stock Consideration”), and (2) $1,000,000 in cash. On March 24, 2020 the Company paid $1,000,000 to the Sellers and delivered 411,403 shares of common stock and 211,353 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock with a customary 4.9% blocker, with an aggregate fair market value of $1,233,057, and recorded $2,233,057 as a charge to research and development expense within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. On April 22, 2020, Premas, one of the Sellers, returned to us $299,074 representing its portion of the cash purchase price to acquire Cystron. Premas has advised us that these funds were returned temporarily in order for Premas to meet certain regulatory requirements in India.

Additionally, the Company shall (A) make an initial payment to the Sellers of up to $1,000,000 upon its receipt of cumulative gross proceeds from the consummation of an initial equity offering after the date of the MIPA of $8,000,000, and (B) pay to Sellers an amount in cash equal to 10% of the gross proceeds in excess of $8,000,000 raised from future equity offerings after the date of the MIPA until the Sellers have received an aggregate additional cash consideration equal to $10,000,000 (collectively, the “Equity Offering Payments”). On May 14, 2020, the Company and the Sellers entered into an Amendment No. 1 to the MIPA, which provided that any Equity Offering Payments in respect of an equity offering that is consummated prior to September 23, 2020, shall be accrued, but shall not be due and payable until September 24, 2020. The other provisions of the MIPA remain unmodified and in full force and effect. Upon the achievement of certain milestones, including the completion of a Phase 2 study for a COVID-19 vaccine that meets its primary endpoints, Sellers will be entitled to receive an additional 750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock or, in the event the Company is unable to obtain stockholder approval for the issuance of such shares, 750,000 shares of non-voting preferred stock that are valued following the achievement of such milestones and shall bear a 10% annual dividend (the “Milestone Shares”). Sellers will also be entitled to contingent payments from the Company of up to $20,750,000 upon the achievement of certain milestones, including the approval of a new drug application by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). Pursuant to the MIPA, upon the Company’s consummation of the registered direct equity offering closed on April 8, 2020, the Company paid the Sellers $250,000 on April 20, 2020. On April 30, 2020, Premas, one of the Sellers, returned to us $83,334, representing their portion of the $250,000 amount paid to the Sellers on April 20, 2020. Premas has advised us that these funds were returned temporarily in order for Premas to meet certain regulatory requirements in India.

The Company shall also make quarterly royalty payments to Sellers equal to 5% of the net sales of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination product by the Company (the “COVID-19 Vaccine”) for a period of five (5) years following the first commercial sale of the COVID-19 Vaccine; provided, that such payment shall be reduced to 3% for any net sales of the COVID-19 Vaccine above $500 million.

In addition, Sellers shall be entitled to receive 12.5% of the transaction value, as defined in the MIPA, of any change of control transaction, as defined in the MIPA, that occurs prior to the fifth (5th) anniversary of the closing date of the MIPA, provided that the Company is still developing the COVID-19 Vaccine at that time. Following the consummation of any change of control transaction, the Sellers shall not be entitled to any payments as described above under the MIPA.

Support Agreement

On March 23, 2020, as an inducement to enter into the MIPA, and as one of the conditions to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the MIPA, the Sellers entered into a shareholder voting agreement with the Company (the “Support Agreement”), pursuant to which each Seller agreed to vote their shares of the Company’s common stock or preferred stock in favor of each matter proposed and recommended for approval by the Company’s management at every meeting of the stockholders and on any action or approval by written consent of the stockholders.

Registration Rights Agreement

To induce the Sellers to enter into the MIPA, on March 23, 2020, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the Sellers, pursuant to which the Company shall by the 30th day following the closing of the transactions contemplated by the MIPA, file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) an initial Registration Statement on Form S-3 (if such form is available for use by the Company at such time) or, otherwise, on Form S-1, covering all of the shares of its common stock issued, or underlying the preferred stock issued, at closing under the MIPA and to subsequently register the common stock issued or underlying the preferred stock issued as Milestone Shares.

License Agreement

Cystron is a party to a License and Development Agreement (the “Initial License Agreement”) with Premas. As a condition to the Company’s entry into the MIPA, Cystron amended and restated the Initial License Agreement on March 19, 2020 (as amended and restated, the “License Agreement”). Pursuant to the License Agreement, Premas granted Cystron, amongst other things, an exclusive license with respect to Premas’ vaccine platform for the development of a vaccine against COVID-19 and other coronavirus infections.

Upon the achievement of certain developmental milestones by Cystron, Cystron shall pay to Premas a total of up to $2,000,000. On April 16, 2020, the Company paid Premas $500,000 for the achievement of the first two development milestones, of which $250,000 was accrued as research and development expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

On May 14, 2020, the Company and Premas agreed that Milestone No. 3 under the License Agreement has been satisfied. Due to the achievement of this milestone, Premas is entitled to receive a payment of $500,000 from the Company.

Cystron Medical Panel

On April 10, 2020, the Company established the Cystron Medical Panel and appointed its first member to the panel. Each member shall be compensated with an initial grant of the Company’s common stock with an aggregate fair market value of $25,000 and a monthly cash stipend in the initial amount of $2,500.

Series D Convertible Preferred Stock

On March 24, 2020, the Company filed the Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey. Pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, in the event of the Company’s liquidation or winding up of its affairs, the holders of its Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) will be entitled to receive the same amount that a holder of the Company’s common stock would receive if the Preferred Stock were fully converted (disregarding for such purposes any conversion limitations set forth in the Certificate of Designation) to common stock which amounts shall be paid pari passu with all holders of the Company’s common stock. Each share of Preferred Stock has a stated value equal to $0.01 (the “Stated Value”), subject to increase as set forth in Section 7 of the Certificate of Designation.

A holder of Preferred Stock is entitled at any time to convert any whole or partial number of shares of Preferred Stock into shares of the Company’s common stock determined by dividing the Stated Value of the Preferred Stock being converted by the conversion price of $0.01 per share.

A holder of Preferred Stock will be prohibited from converting Preferred Stock into shares of the Company’s common stock if, as a result of such conversion, the holder, together with its affiliates, would own more than 4.99% of the total number of shares of the Company’s common stock then issued and outstanding (with such ownership restriction referred to as the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation”). However, any holder may increase or decrease such percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99%, provided that any increase in such percentage shall not be effective until 61 days after such notice to us.

Subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, on any matter presented to the Company’s stockholders for their action or consideration at any meeting of the Company’s stockholders (or by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting), each holder of Preferred Stock will be entitled to cast the number of votes equal to the number of whole shares of the Company’s common stock into which the shares of Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such holder are convertible as of the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote on or consent to such matter (taking into account all Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such holder). Except as otherwise required by law or by the other provisions of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the holders of Preferred Stock will vote together with the holders of the Company’s common stock and any other class or series of stock entitled to vote thereon as a single class.

A holder of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends as and when paid to the holders of the Company’s common stock on an as-converted basis.

Liquidity

As of March 31, 2020, the Company’s cash on hand was $927,533 (which included restricted cash of $115,094), and its marketable securities were $6,629,434. The Company has incurred net losses of $3,538,536 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and $3,888,249 for the year ended December 31, 2019, respectively. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had working capital of $6,116,477 and stockholder’s equity of $6,817,451. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, cash flows used in operating activities were $1,966,983, consisting primarily of a net loss of $3,538,536, which includes, principally, research and development costs in connection with the purchase of a license and milestone license fees of $2,483,057. Since its inception, the Company has met its liquidity requirements principally through the sale of its common stock in public and private placements.

On April 7, 2020, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional and accredited investors (the “Purchasers”), the Company agreed to issue and sell in a registered direct offering (the “Offering”) an aggregate of 766,667 shares of common stock of the Company at an offering price of $6.00 per share, for gross and net proceeds of $4,600,002 and $4,146,102, respectively. The shares were issued by the Company pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333- 234449), which was initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 1, 2019 and was declared effective by the Commission on April 7, 2020.

On April 20, 2020, the Company paid $250,000 of the net proceeds from the Offering to the former members of Cystron Biotech, LLC, pursuant to the terms of that certain MIPA.

During the period of April 6, 2020 through April 16, 2020, warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,043,500 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock were exercised at an exercise price of $4.00 per share, yielding proceeds of $4,174,000.

On May 14, 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “May Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional and accredited investors (the “May Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell in a registered direct offering (the “May Offering”) an aggregate of 1,366,856 shares (the “May Shares”) of its common stock at an offering price of $3.53 per share, for gross and net proceeds of approximately $4.8 million and $4.3 million, respectively. The closing of the May Offering is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions set forth in the May Purchase Agreement and is expected to occur on or about May 18, 2020.

In connection with the May Offering, the Company has agreed to grant to the placement agent (the “Placement Agent”) warrants to purchase up to 109,348 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $4.4125 (the “May Placement Agent Warrants”) in a private placement. The May Placement Agent Warrants will be exercisable at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, following the date of issuance and for a term of five years from the effective date of the May Offering.

The Company’s current cash resources will not be sufficient to fund the development of its COVID-19 Vaccine candidate through all of the required clinical trials to receive regulatory approval and commercialization. While the Company does not currently have an estimate of all of the costs that it will incur in the development of the COVID-19 Vaccine, the Company anticipates that it will need to raise significant additional funds in order to continue the development of the Company’s COVID-19 Vaccine candidate during the next 12-months. In addition, the Company could also have increased capital needs if it were to engage in a strategic transaction in the cannabinoid space. The Company’s ability to obtain additional capital may depend on prevailing economic conditions and financial, business and other factors beyond its control. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unstable economic environment globally. Disruptions in the global financial markets may adversely impact the availability and cost of credit, as well as the Company’s ability to raise money in the capital markets. Current economic conditions have been, and continue to be volatile. Continued instability in these market conditions may limit the Company’s ability to access the capital necessary to fund and grow its business.

The Company believes that its current financial resources as of the date of the issuance of these consolidated financial statements, are sufficient to fund its current twelve month operating budget, alleviating any substantial doubt raised by the Company’s historical operating results and satisfying its estimated liquidity needs for twelve months from the issuance of these consolidated financial statements.